Interesting Plays

[Dakota]

Originally Posted by IRISHMAFIA

Well, if it makes you feel any better, in ASA touching the black is same as touching the plate

Kinda the reverse of the "hands are part of the bat" argument?

[teebob21]

Originally Posted by Dakota

Kinda the reverse of the "hands are part of the bat" argument?

To hopefully add to the discussion: hands are removable from the bat without defacing either. The black cannot be removed from the plate without altering it. Nor can the sides of the bases be removed from them without alteration to the base.

Doesn't make one whit of difference in any of those cases, but it makes logical sense to me when I think about it this way.